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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Dan do each time he stopped on his walk around the fenced area?
(a) Tied a small cloth bundle from his bag to the fence.
(b) Chanted a prayer in Lakota.
(c) Prayed to the North, South, East and West.
(d) Sang a song in Lakota.

2. What adjective did Dan use to describe the hills where they were parked?
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Entrancing.
(c) Alive.
(d) Inspiring.

3. How large was the plot of ground inside the pillars and bordered by cement?
(a) 60 ft. long and 5 ft. wide.
(b) 80 ft. long and 8 ft. wide.
(c) 70 ft. long and 6 ft. wide.
(d) 90 ft. long and 7 ft. wide.

4. what did the drunk Indian woman in the restaurant in the Homestead town look like?
(a) Medium build in jeans and a white shirt.
(b) Fat in a long long Indian skirt.
(c) Like a movie star Indian with long black hair.
(d) Skinny in very tight jeans.

5. What did Grover put in his napkin for Fatback?
(a) Part of his cheeseburger.
(b) An edge of his steak sandwich.
(c) Rib bones.
(d) A piece of barbequed chicken without the bones.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Grover whisper after the ferocious storm had subsided?

2. What color did Nerburn say the morning sky was?

3. Describe Danelle.

4. How did Dan's grandfathers give him the song?

5. Where did Sitting Bull's people come from?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what was in the bundle Grover took out of his trunk that he and Dan unwrapped in Chapter 12, "Welcome to Our Land"?

2. What was the difference between Lincoln and Jesus in Dan's eyes?

3. How did the storm affect the three men?

4. Name some of the signs along the road in Chapter 22.

5. Dan asked Nerburn to help him and Nerburn wanted to do that but what else did Nerburn feel he needed to do?

6. What is Paha Sapa?

7. Of what did the latticework arch between the pillars at Wounded Knee remind Nerburn?

8. Describe Annie.

9. Why was Thoreau mentioned in the conversation?

10. How do whites treat history of Lincoln differently than the history of Jesus?

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